Two face drug charges in Danbury

Updated 10:44 pm, Friday, August 24, 2012

DANBURY -- Two men are scheduled to appear in state Superior Court next week after police thwarted a suspected drug transaction in a Padanaram Road parking lot Saturday.

Pat Hackett, 31, of Partridge Trail, Sherman, was charged with attempted possession of narcotics, and William Gardella, 38, of Capitola Road, Danbury, was charged with sale of narcotics and two counts of possession, police said.

Officers from the Community Conditions Unit were staked out in the parking lot after receiving reports it was being used for drug sales.

They allegedly found Gardella in possession of several pills, including Oxycodone and Vicodin, and more than $400 in cash.